(Written by the band) :
After over a year of negotiation and preparation, we can finally announce a vinyl box – presented in a form we have desired for a long time:
all the ´classic´ 90s recordings at Hörnix will be released as 6 LP set.
First of all, apologies to the loyal supporters who bought the various LP versions released between 2005 (Verwüstung) and 2011 (Opus IV). But ever since, we wanted to present something in original artwork and best possible quality.
This hasn´t been possible due to the original layout films all being lost (at first). So we initially chose to do something ´based on the original works´. We were approached by several labels to (re)print the old recordings again, who suggested to create artworks from the CD scans or the like – but we took the emergency brake, this would have been unacceptable. And in october 2013, we could persuade Soulseller Records, who bought the licenses from Napalm, not to do individual releases but rather a 6 LP box, and let Abigor care for the artwork.
At first we only had very few images and therefore, like on the already released LPs, again wanted to create something based on the original designs but ´brought into the new millennium´. But over the months, more and more bits appeard – PK found original cut-out images from magazines we used back then for lyric backgrounds, TT found more old photos, Silenius had more books with the source image used for original covers and booklets, and in the end, with the help of 2 old comrades contributing more missing images, we magically had all pieces to reconstruct the very original artworks, with the same source material as for the CDs in the 90s. Due to the huge research work of Mr. Ben Zodiazepin, we also could finally use each and every original font used in the old CD booklets.
And although one or another photo may be missing, we used others from the same sessions and even additional material from the respective times that resurfaced.
2 decades after their initial manifestations, enthusiastically we will soon be presenting you a 6 LP box with the original visual and sonic material of:

LP1: VERWÜSTUNG/INVOKE THE DARK AGE
LP2: ORKBLUT (THE RETALIATION) including ´Shadowlord´, recorded in the same period
LP3: NACHTHYMNEN – FROM THE TWILIGHT KINGDOM
LP4: OPUS IV
LP5: APOKALYPSE
LP6: SUPREME IMMORTAL ART

To be sent off to the pressing plant in a few weeks and released by Soulseller Records on black vinyl, with extensive booklet and detailed liner notes, giving insight to the formation of Abigor, the individual recording sessions, the lyrical influences and atmosphere of the times right through to the split of the ´classic´ line-up in 1998, in best visual and sonic quality exclusively.

First of all:
ABIGOR are in the final phase of preparing the restorations for the 6 LP box.
Meanwhile here is something about general vinyl sound:

These random Nachthymnen (recorded early 1995) riffs are taken from master files for the 2008 version for the LP. The pressed result altered from that, as those of you who have the LP could tell. Try to compare the sound of this file, especially with the last song on side A. You will see how much the sonic result could differ from sent-in master to pressed LP. That´s why we always stress more focus and care on the vinyl production process instead of pranking the faithfuls with coloured ´limited´ editions!
Ps: THIS IS NOT THE MASTER for the coming LP box, for that we´ll use the original Hörnix masters, just carefully restored for vinyl and looking for the best possible result overlooking the production.

And second, about the availability of the box:
ABIGOR want to keep this fully transparent and not take the loyal ones for a ride. There will be enough time to pre-order once it´s at the plant. Although the box is a limited edition piece, no one will have to play any `catch your copy only on thursday 2 o´clock´ games. The initial pressing will be 500, and another pressing of 200 - maximum 500 will be done. This should supply all interested ones, yet keep it a special and limited item.
But ABIGOR won‘t do it like something that could be witnessed earlier this year: a certain vinyl box was announced as ´limited to 999 pieces´ and then, as it sold well, suddenly a ´second limited edition of 999 copies´ was done. Expect enough time to order, but no endless repressings, no ´limited - not anymore limited´, no ´in green and pink and yellow´ versions.
This box will contain Black Metal on black vinyl!

Black Metal may still be excellent, and the pool of „occult“ or post-DSO bands is huge. But where´s the pounding greatness of Natten´s Madrigal, Apokalypsens Ängel, Det Som Engang Var or the Strid 7“ today?
Not that we would or could fill this gap, but in Abigor´s very own stubborn way and with the old-school execution of mentioned masterpieces, our new album was recorded without a single „blastbeat“, without multi-guitar madness or downtuned disharmonic riffing.
String wise, minimalism was the law - only one guitar left, one guitar right, and a bass in the middle. Not one single additional guitar-track to add soli, melodies or double-tracks.
Lyrically, all hokuspokus and theological pondering was avoided. It´s not an album of a seeker, or about one´s initiation, or to lecture, but about the Devil and the Devil only! An impulsive work stripped down to the very basics that maybe could have been released in the 1990s.

This technical restriction as well as a focus on the the evil force that sparked Black Metal ablaze at the beginning of the 90s also torched our work again.